Parenting - December 2006

My neighbor's son has a fever, an earache, and body ache. It seems like he has either an ear infection or the flu. She's wondering if she should keep him home from preschool -- she doesn't want him to miss school if it would be okay for him to go.

2006-12-05 01:38:19 · 24 answers · asked by drshorty 7

My kids are 12 & 14, and still make "wish" lists for Christmas. I'm thinking they are too old for that. It started when they were little, and wrote to Santa with their lists. Of course, they don't still believe in Santa, but they still write the lists. They put tons of stuff, some expensive, some not. My husband & I usually decide on a set $$ amount to spend on each kid, and we choose 5 things each from their lists. One big (expensive) gift, and the rest less expensive. These are things that go under the tree, and does not include what we put in their stockings.

I guess I'm really thinking about my 14 yr old (15 end of January), when I wonder if 14 is too old for a list. Actually, even though I've asked and reminded her to give us her list multiple times, she still hasn't. My 12 yr old son has. So, should I just go on with shopping for my daughter and not worry about a list from her, and just surprise her?

What do you think?

2006-12-05 01:26:55 · 42 answers · asked by ? 1

I ask this because I saw a woman lighting up a cigarette for her teenage daughter, and they were hanging out like old pals.

I say this because of the women I see who baby talk their two-year olds or bribe them to be good...

Is it really that important to some parents that their kids like them when they get older than trying to shape a child or teenager into a respectable adult?

Listening to your kids is one thing, but actually going out of your way to FIT IN with them is something else, in my opinion (the lady smoking with her 16 year old daughter INFURIATED me).

What are your views on this?

2006-12-05 01:05:58 · 13 answers · asked by <3 The Pest <3 6

I'm just wondering what other people think of their children's teachers. Do you have any problems with them, do you think they cater for needs well, what is your general opinion about the work they do?

2006-12-05 00:27:23 · 12 answers · asked by Melanie P 2

2006-12-04 23:37:53 · 7 answers · asked by Edwin_Lagas 1

2006-12-04 22:51:56 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

And basically tell you that you're not raising your kids well, that they've got better techniques that you must follow.

2006-12-04 21:29:30 · 19 answers · asked by rayhanna 5

I have tolerated my daughter and her beau for sometime concerning the snogging etc...but there comes a point when my younger son and I feel intrusive in their exclusiveness when we are all watching telly or talking. not only that it sounds like face sucking...ugh..I'm no prude but when does this intimacy become unacceptable. I have mentioned it too her (shes 18 and he 20) and now she has gone into a major strop about it. My son is 11 and he gets fed up with them and leaves the room he gets so embarassed. She has the privacy of her own room as well???
I really don't want too see such intimacy with my daughter, am I being unfair??

2006-12-04 21:04:29 · 20 answers · asked by ? 2

I got pregnant @ 16 and had my child @ 17...I let her father sign the birh certificate that was 17 aslo and all that..We have never been to court to see who gets custody and visitations..she lives with me but I was told that he has just as much rights to her as I do is that true? the baby lives with me but that is not court ordered..what would happen if he took her and didnt bring her back..does he have any rights or does he have to go sign up for his rights??? If i dont know his new g/f can I have it soo he cant take my 3 year old around her..or will he have to tell me where she lives..how can I keep her away frm my child?

2006-12-04 20:53:29 · 4 answers · asked by kamdens mommy 3

Okay I have a friend who has never been to court to get custody of her child... but she let the babies father sign the birth cert. the girl lives with the mom, but if the dad took the girl and wouldnt give her back what can she do? does he have just as much rights as the mom... she said since they were minors when they had the baby he has to go to the court house and sign for his rights doesnt he have rights..please give me as much info possible

2006-12-04 20:33:56 · 4 answers · asked by your babies mama 1

I had to move back with my mother recently and my sister's 2 year old son is also living with her. Im scared he's gonna be a bad influences on my daughter cause of his bad behavior, He screams, fighs, hits and cuses at my daughter who just turned one and every time i try to scold him he tell's me no or shut up. PLEASE HELP! i need some advice my daughters already started to pick up on some of his bad habits.

2006-12-04 19:51:54 · 5 answers · asked by jessica 2

something...half the time he ignores me.
If I say no, he will just do what he wants.
When we are in public, he acts up, by either crying,screaming,whining or kicking.
Since I cant beat his *** in public without someone thinking its child abuse...what do I do?
I dont want to have to leave the store either, time is not on my side.
Ideas???

2006-12-04 18:41:33 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 5 1/2 year old daughter comes home and tells me that she likes a boy in her class. I think its a little cute because they both are in the same class and I thought was just a crush. Now she comes hom ans starts talking about a boy in my sons class 2 years older than her. This scares me. Is this normal or is this the beginning of her being boy crazy? Am I going to have problems with her and boys?

2006-12-04 17:53:00 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-04 17:26:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does anybody know how a 2-6 year old describe her/himself? a 7-11 year old? the child can be any age from 2-6 and 7-11.. can you give an example? its one of my psychology homework. please help! There's not much of those age groups in my apartment complex to ask.. thanks so much i appreciate it!

2006-12-04 16:50:02 · 14 answers · asked by blaaah 1

He won't eat, and when he does he just makes himself throw up if he doesn't like it. He doesn't listen at all and argues about almost everything! He was removed from school by his mom because he would scream and cuss at the teacher and just go crazy grabbing other kids stuff and ripping it up and breaking their things. He used to punch me in my stomach(I am 5 1/2 months pregnant), use the bathroom on himself because "he felt like it", etc. until we sent him to live with his mom and she doesn't believe that he knows what he is doing because he is "too young to understand". We get him on the weekends and it is just hell when he comes over. If I open my mouth to talk to his dad, he will stop us interrupt us even though he doesn't want or need anything. I mean, he will throw a fit to make his dad stop talking to me. He runs through stores knocking stuff over. Spanking and time out doesn't work and his dad thinks he's not that bad. We end up fighting all the time when he is with us.

2006-12-04 16:45:25 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

hello...i was just sitting watching tv and all of a suddon i felt as if my face was swelling up..sure enough i looked in the mirror and under my left eye on the lower lid is swollen...it looks as if i was punched in the face...this is the 2nd time this has happened to me..infact it seems to always happen after i clean the litter box...but i constantly wash my hands directly after, before i touch anything on my face...i also am allergic to some fruits..although nothing i knew of in the juice i drank ever caused allergic reactions before..what could this be? do u have any websites that may explain this to me? maybe something with the litter box? because last time it happend directly after litter box cleaning..im just baffled by this..im not guessing it needs to be seen by a doctor so for now im just using a cold ice pack..hope u can help..thanks ever so much yall! im asking this in parenting because moms know best! :)

2006-12-04 15:51:35 · 8 answers · asked by kyras_mommy121205 1

hes only 15 and ive never gotton the feeling tht he was gay b4.i told him it was ok and i asked him if he was gay or bi and he said no. what does this mean?

2006-12-04 15:15:05 · 26 answers · asked by James 1

I have threatened to turn her in as a runaway and turn him in as harboring a runaway. But this will get her mad. I do not want her to throw her future away on him. She wants to go to medical school. She has already losy MOST of her friends because of this 18 year old boy. HELP ME

2006-12-04 15:08:54 · 27 answers · asked by J L 1

Thanks?
And when do you stop worrying?

2006-12-04 14:56:06 · 11 answers · asked by LAUGHING MAGPIE 6

i asked a question earlier about how to get my mom to sign my progress report with out getting mad cause it was a 67, which is failing. but now i am considering not even turning it in. if i don't get it signed and turned i will just get a zero for it. my mom is already pissed that i am not doing my homework in some other classes so i was wondering do u think i should show her my progress report or just like throw it away. i don't kno wat to do.

2006-12-04 14:21:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 4 yr old son just won't listen when it comes to following directions such as go to sleep, pick your clothes up off the floor and stop actinh up in school, I've talked with him and taken toys away and no TV for 3 days ..It's not working I don't know what to do

2006-12-04 13:41:11 · 33 answers · asked by blessings78 1

im a mom of 1 and im far from a crazily portective mother goose...portective yes but overly portective? NO! however i bought my 1yr old daughter a bratz babyz movie tonight (thought it looked cute and she begged for it) we got home popped it in the dvd player and no sooner was it POPPED OUT!!! i could not believe my eyes!! is this geared for pedofiles or what?? i dont find it cute for cartoon babyz portrayed as 1 year olds to want to "flaunt what they got" i quote that because in the 5min it was on it mencioned that at least every minuite! now i want to know what the hell does a 1 year old have to flaunt besides toothless grins? just filthy nasty things if u ask me...what a disgrace i think they need to go behind the scenes of whos making these bratz babyz crap and see if they have some secret fetish...because honestly i dont think any child should watch these movies..and honestly i think they are truley geared for pedophiliac pleasures so they can turn around n target babys now!!???

2006-12-04 13:37:43 · 16 answers · asked by kyras_mommy121205 1

it was a cold day today and my son still wore his sneakers and no socks to school my son hates socks and never wears them since the spring will his feet get cold when only maybe 40

2006-12-04 13:34:43 · 15 answers · asked by get it 1

I am sure this is occuring becuase he has not had any one teaching him and he should of started school but his mother is a fool so she cares less about what happens to him, he does not live with her and she gave him away to a friend of hers a couple years back when my husband was incarcerated for child support when we have him with us its like he is active but he does not know how to do much and his speech is horrible I want to help him but I feel I can't do anything about it by the way he is 5 years old going on 6 at the level of a 2 year old child

2006-12-04 13:16:23 · 11 answers · asked by mrs matti 2

1. Have you ever slapped your child?

2. Does your child have a "bully"?

3. Is your child laughed at in school or public?

4. Has your child ever dropped out or been held back in any grade?

5. Has your child cried over chores or being grounded>


Mostly yeses,
Your child and you need time to talk about tantrums and bullies. If it leads to crying the child might need counseling, sorry to say.

Mostly nos,
Wow! Your child is a great one, you've been talking a lot haven't you? Keep it up! Remember this could all change.

2006-12-04 12:58:55 · 5 answers · asked by 000 2

I love my step daughter like she's my own. It's her mother I don't love. She works part time. She gets WIC which pays for the childs food. She is also covered by him for medical. He pays for a full time baby sitter. But her grandmother watches her. She doesn't let him see his daughter on his scheduled time. She's very immature. When he calls to tell her he's picking up his daughter she wakes her up and leaves. She gives him the baby wearing nothing but a diaper in the snow. She's unfit to be a mother, and now he's paying her 750 a month so she can sit on her a$$ and do nothing. She lives at home with her mom so she doesn't need to pay rent or anything like that. We have a baby on the way. This is not fair to our child. Paying her that much doesn't give us much to live off of.

2006-12-04 12:45:47 · 14 answers · asked by vanessac2006 2

I am amazed at how many CHILDREN are actually allowed to be here by their parents. This is pitiful.

2006-12-04 12:41:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

while I go to work between 7pm-7am?

2006-12-04 12:35:52 · 4 answers · asked by maya v 2

I just recently ordered a direct tv pay per view movie and it was too easy. All you have to do is click on the movie and press buy. I thought to myself what if a kid was home alone and saw a porno on pay per view. They could just buy it and there parents would never know. Of course when the bill comes they will but the child has already learned something that they shouldnt yet. Then when they grow up they think its so easy to pull a girl in bed but dont know the dangers of it. They start to think about sex more and then when they grow up BAM! They are the ones on the porno. So do you think this should be stopped or not? I know there is a parental block but it could be too late. Also most codes are like 0000 and if a kid really wants to see it they will find out. The worlds going to hell in a handcart.

2006-12-04 12:35:49 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous